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1. (n.) gudgeon
any small European cyprinid fish of the genus
Gobio.
2. gudgeon
any of certain related fishes.
3. (n.) gudgeon
a socket for the pintle of a hinge.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME gudyon < OF go(u)jon, perh. ult. < LL gu(l)bia a chisel; see gouge)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) goby, gudgeon
small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker
2. (noun) gudgeon, Gobio gobio
small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) gudgeon
a small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons
2. (noun) gudgeon
what may be got without skill or merit
3. (noun) gudgeon
a person easily duped or cheated
4. (noun) gudgeon
the pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal
5. (noun) gudgeon
a metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder
6. (verb) gudgeon
to deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon
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